shallow fording vs fording

shallow fording and fording both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shallow fording	Yes	No	No	No
fording	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fording is a hypernym of shallow fording; that is, fording is a word with a broader meaning than shallow fording:

shallow fording: fording at a shallow place
fording: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

Other hypernyms of shallow fording include ford.

shallow fording (noun)	fording (noun)
fording at a shallow place	the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse